October 2016

CCSA’s new report takes a look at 10 outstanding California charter public schools and the effective and innovative approaches behind their special education programs, their best practices for implementation, and what policy arrangements have allowed them to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

CCSA released a new qualitative study of 10 of the highest-performing California charter schools and offers new insights into the best ways to serve students with disabilities in all schools, in particular the benefits of inclusive education.

The 2015-16 California Legislative session officially concludes on November 30 but all action has been taken on legislation for this two-year session. In 2015-16, CCSA introduced several pieces of charter supportive legislation and secured additional funding for facilities and start-up funding in the state budget while fending off a record number of damaging anti-charter legislation. View the summary of charter related legislation for the 2015-16 California Legislative session here.

For the past two years the national nonprofit Code.org has been offering free computer science (CS) curriculum and teacher professional development (PD) to districts in California. Code.org will now consider applications for partnerships from charter schools and networks as well as districts in 2017. Learn more here.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s Charter School Financing Group is hosting a free webinar series on how to secure the financing needed to complete charter school facilities projects. Don’t miss the first webinar on October 19!

The 24th Annual California Charter Schools Conference is shaping up to be the largest charter school event in Northern California’s history. Only one week remains to submit a proposal to present, nominate an outstanding teacher or volunteer and encourage high school seniors to apply for a $2,000 scholarship

California charter schools and Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) are committed to being good stewards of public dollars in service to students and their families. CCSA released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) report “Nationwide Assessment of Charter and Education Management Organizations.”